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America’s biggest banks reported stronger-than-expected earnings in the first quarter, highlighting how a resilient economy is helping power everything from Main Street to Wall Street. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley all reported revenue and earnings that beat or met analysts’ expectations. Consumer spending remained robust.

Morgan Stanley’s traders delivered first-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations as its wealth management juggernaut also got back on track — both handing a key win for its new leader Ted Pick.

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Rahul Singh, CIO-Equities, Tata Mutual Fund, says: “So far, we are not seeing any green shoots of recovery in the FMCG space. My own sense is that if the urban economy continues to outpace rural economy, because there are a lot of interlinkages in the way the economies work, sooner or later the rural economy will recover but not necessarily due to agricultural income or monsoons, but purely because of the amount of capex and construction activity which we are undergoing and which is likely to continue post elections.” The main point which is in the mind of the market right now and that there will be either delayed cuts in the US or even Chetan Ahya of Morgan Stanley this morning has put out a note saying no rate cuts this year in India. So, the whole narrative around some rate cut in the second half of this year, seems to have been challenged and as a result, yields have rallied. What is your own hypothesis? Rahul Singh: There are two factors at work in the market. One obviously is the rate cut and whether that gets delayed and by how much and whether we have a rate cut this year or not – those discussions have started again and this is not the first time that there is a flip-flop in terms of the consensus view on the rate cuts, so I am not entirely surprised.

inflation in India, improving productivity growth alongside external factors, economists now expect the Reserve Bank of India to hold the rates steady and expect no easing in FY25. A report by Morgan Stanley on Tuesday said that the RBI is likely to keep the policy rate steady at 6.5 per cent due to global factors such as higher commodity prices, delayed start or shallower easing from the Fed and a stronger dollar. In addition, the decision also depends on domestic factors such as continued upside surprise in growth, driven by capex and productivity, implying higher equilibrium real rates.

₹423.80 apiece on the BSE. Morgan Stanley reiterated its ‘Overweight’ rating and raised Exide Industries share price target to ₹485 apiece from ₹373 earlier citing multiple levers for growth. The target price implies an upside potential of nearly 22% from Friday’s closing price.

Vodafone Idea, which is currently heavily indebted, will also be kickstarting its ₹18,000 crore FPO next week. In the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, Ramdevbaba Solvent and Grill Splendour Services are set to launch their IPOs for subscription. Alongside these new offerings, Dalal Street will witness the listing of Teerth Gopicon and DGC Cables and Wires.

When ChatGPT first came out, a lot of people in the investment banking industry felt that one of the most human and relatable things about it was its tendency to make something up when it didn’t know the answer.  Knowing when to admit ignorance and when to waffle is one of the higher level skills of the industry, after all.  A banker who never says “I don’t know; I’ll research it and get back to you” like Patrick Biggs at Morgan Stanley, is almost certainly a BS merchant who will blow up in the long term. 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported net interest income that slightly missed analyst estimates and raised its expense guidance for the year, sending shares down.

Morgan Stanley’s wealth unit is under the regulatory microscope, with multiple federal agencies scrutinizing its procedures for evaluating the risk of money laundering among clients within its extensive wealth management arm.

India’s finances wouldn’t look that pretty if fuel-stoked infl ation rearers its ugly head. A Morgan Stanley study showed if global crude oil prices rise to $110-120 a barrel in the next 3-4 months due to supply or geopolitical concerns, India’s infl ation fi ght could stretch.

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Also Read: Oil traders stay bullish as Brent hovers at $90: ‘Crude to stay elevated even if Middle East tensions cool down’ The elevation in crude prices also comes as OPEC, the group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, last kept its oil supply policy unchanged and pressed some countries to increase compliance with output cuts. Morgan Stanley said that with OPEC supply restraints, some downside to Russia production, and a seasonal upswing in demand ahead, it expects tightness in the second and third quarters.

Invesco, which oversees investments of about Rs 86,000 crore in India, has signed an option deal to sell its remaining 40% stake in the local mutual fund business to Hinduja Group-owned IndusInd International Holdings (IIHL) as part of a broader plan to exit an increasingly competitive geography for foreign players, two people familiar with the deal said. On Tuesday, it announced the sale of a 60% stake in Invesco Asset Management India to IIHL. Invesco AMC Valuation at Rs 2,500 cr

Bringing aboard 2,400 financial advisors from seven separate broker-dealers, as LPL Financial is doing with its acquisition of Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.’s network of firms, will be “complex,” even for a firm with LPL’s long experience with acquisitions, according to a March research note from analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

When it comes to financing deals, don’t count out the big Wall Street banks quite yet. A big narrative in recent years has been that America’s biggest deposit-taking investment banks are losing ground to their nonbank rivals, the likes of Blackstone and Apollo Global. One worry for banks was that private credit—meaning, in this context, lending directly to businesses by alternative-asset fund managers, insurers and others—was going to eat into investment banks’ business originating loans and distributing them to investors.

₹2,043 crore from a year earlier, as per the company's latest filings sourced from Tofler. Fractal Analytics reported a profit of ₹194 crore in FY23 from a loss of ₹148 crore a year earlier. It benefited from an exceptional item gain from the loss of control of a subsidiary company, as per the company's filings.

₹1,411 crore via open market transactions on Tuesday. This divestiture entailed the sale of 81.20 lakh shares of Gland Pharma through separate bulk deals on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). As per NSE data, Lakumi Trust divested 61.65 lakh shares of Gland Pharma, while Nicomac Machinery sold more than 19.55 lakh shares, equating to a 3.74 percent and a 1.18 percent ownership stake in the company, respectively.

Reliance Industries share price has seen strong gains of more than 14% in 2024 and remains amongst top 10 Sensex stock gainers . Nevertheless if considered from closing lows in October 2023, the gains for Reliance Industries stock stand at phenomenal 31.6%. Morgan Stanley Research has maintained outperform ratings for Reliance Industries with target price of ₹3046 indicating more upside for the stock.

Reliance Industries (RIL), global broking firm Morgan Stanley has taken an overweight stance on the oil-to-retail conglomerate with a price target of Rs 3,046, signaling an upside potential of 2%. RIL’s energy vertical, which had experienced de-rating over the past decade due to expectations of a rapid decline in global fuel demand, is now set to reflate, the brokerage said.

West Virginia’s treasurer announced that he is restricting four financial services firms from providing state banking services because he says they “boycott” the fossil fuels industry.